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ECS - Religion & State
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- 1Authority?Someone or something with a power or over others. Secular authority is the law of the land and religious authority is the teachings of sacred texts or faith leaders.
- 2What is Duty?What is expected because of someone's job or responsibility. Someone's duty can be becausse of a contract they have entered into or becasue of their religious beliefs.
- 3What is Justice?Where everyone has equal opportunities and human rights. Many religious believers campaign for social justice.
- 4What are Human Rights?The things a person should expect to be able to have or do. Basic human rights are shelter, food and freedom from fear.
- 5What is a Personal Conviction?Something a person feels strongly about. This may be based on belief or experiences.
- 6What is punishment?To make someone suffer pain or loss for a wrongdoing. There are three main aims of punishment: to deter others, to get justice and to protect society.
- 7Why should religious people be concered about human rights?1) Most religions believe that humans were created equally God, and therefore that God's creation must be respected.
2) The idea 'you should treat others how you would like to be treated' can be summed up to show that all life is sacred, and their right must be protected.
3) Majority of people believe that people should have their rights preserved (even if you're not religious), helping the weaker members of our society is simply justice. - 8Why do Christians and Muslims believe that Human rights are important?Christians: Biblical passages teach that Christians value human rights. We all descend from Adam and Eve so are all related and therefore deserve equal rights. Jesus also said that human rights were important and the way he behaved showed this.
Muslims: The Qur'an teaches that everyone was created by Allah and that Allah treats everyone equally so therefore Muslims should do too. Those who do not will be judged onb judgement day and if they have discriminated then they cannot expect Allah to show mercy. - 9Give an example of a religious leader who fought for Civil Rights?Oscar Romero was the archbishop of Salvador. About a fortnight after his appointment his friend was executed by a government death squad for trying to organise trade unions. In addition men, women and children were beaten up simply vanished. He had a personal conviction to tell the world what was going on. He was inspired by Jesus who always stood up for what was right. The government retaliated by bombing his radio station twice but CAFOD paid to have it rebuilt. A bomb was also found behind the pulpit in Romero's church, but it failed to go off. In his last sermon he appealed to soliders to stop the massacre. The following day Romero was assassinated whilst visiting a cancer hospital. His last words were 'My God have mercy on the assassin'.
- 10What is the point of punishment?1) To protect society 2) To deter people from doing bad things 3) Retribution, making someone pay for whta they have done (an eye for an eye) 4) Reform, a method of punishment to stop someone re-offending. 5) Repartation, when a criminal is made to pay for their crime by doing something for the community or the individual. 6) Vindication, if a society has laws then punishments must be put in place to show that these laws are important.
- 11Give arguments for and aginst the death penalty and the Christian and Muslim view.For: A deterant, cheaper than prision, no re-offending, gives victim's family closure.
Against: Innocent people can be killed, life is sacred, inhumane and barbaric.
Christian: Only god has the right to take life away, 'an eye for an eye', 'thou shall not kill'.
Muslim: 'nor take life which Allah has made sacred, except for just causes.' Shari'ah law states that murder amd openly critcising Islam are the only two crimes for which the death can be used. - 12Why are sacred texts important in general?For many they are viewed as revelation, they are direct guidence for believers to follow. Saced texts act on a guide: on how to worship, on how to live your life, on special days of celebration and days of rest, to answers to ultimate questions such as 'what happens when we die' and to medical questions.
- 13Why are sacred texts important to Christians and Muslims?Christians: The bible is inspired by god, and some believe that it is the word of God, it is the source book of Christianity, God's will can be found in the teachings of Gospels and Jesus and the Bible has been translated into many different language so that Christians can read it and be inspired by it.
Muslims: The Qur'an is the collection of messages that Allah revealed to the prophet Muhammad, it is the ultimate guidence for Muslim life, respect is shown by the way it is treated, Islamic countries have adopted the Shari'ah law from the Qur'an. - 14Give an example of clash of authority.Doves Verus the Hawks: Four Christian women were arrested for, and admitted to, sabotaging the Hawk. It was going to be dispacthed to Indonesia but the four women successfully argued that the aircraft would be used against civilians. Their actions were deemed reasonable under the Genocide act.
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